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Association between Immune Related Adverse Events and Outcome in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

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Paderi, Agnese, Giorgione, Roberta, Giommoni, Elisa, Mela, Marinella, Rossi, Virginia, Doni, Laura, Minervini, Andrea, Carini, Marco +2 more·2021·Cancers

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Background: It has been reported that the occurrence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in oncological patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) may be associated with favorable clinical outcome. We reported the clinical correlation between irAEs and the efficacy of ICIs in a real-world cohort of metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) patients. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 43 patients with mRCC who were treated with nivolumab or with nivolumab plus ipilimumab. We considered seven specific classes of irAEs including pulmonary, hepatic, gastrointestinal, cutaneous, endocrine, rheumatological, and renal manifestations. We assessed progression-free survival (PFS) of specific irAEs classes compared to the no-irAEs group. Results: Twenty-nine out of 43 patients (67.4%) experienced a total of 49 irAEs registered. The most frequent irAE was thyroid dysfunction (n = 14). The median PFS after the beginning of therapy was significantly longer in patients with thyroid dysfunction and cutaneous reactions. In multivariate analysis, thyroid dysfunction was an independent factor for favorable outcome [HR: 0.29 (95% CI 0.11–0.77) p = 0.013]. Moreover, experiencing ≥2 irAEs in the same patient correlated in multivariate analysis with better outcome compared with none/one irAE [HR: 0.33 (95% CI 0.13–0.84) p = 0.020]. Conclusions: This retrospective study suggests an association between specific irAES (thyroid dysfunction and skin reaction) and efficacy of ICIs in metastatic RCC. Notably, multiple irAEs in a single patient were associated with better tumor response.

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  • Despite immune-related adverse events, nivolumab proved to have a favorable safety profile in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer.

    “Despite the presence of immune-related adverse events (irAE) such as renal, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, hepatic, cutaneous, rheumatological, and endocrine manifestations in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer, nivolumab proved to have a favorable safety profile [38].”

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Authors
Paderi, A., Giorgione, R., Giommoni, E., Mela, M., Rossi, V., Doni, L., Minervini, A., Carini, M., Pillozzi, S., & Antonuzzo, L.
Affiliations
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (IT)
Corresponding author
Antonuzzo, Lorenzo
Venue
Cancers
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-02-18
Volume
13
Issue
4
Pages
860
ISSN
2072-6694 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3130288202
Cited by
62
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 6 · 2013: 1
FWCI
4.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Cancers (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Regione Toscana
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
Keywords
immune-related adverse events, immune checkpoint inhibitors, metastatic renal cell carcinoma, nivolumab, ipilimumab, thyroid dysfunction, skin reactions, progression-free survival, immune-related pneumonitis, immune-related hepatitis, immune-related endocrinopathy, immune-related nephritis, immune-related dermatitis, immune-related hypophysitis, immune-related colitis, immune-related encephalitis, immune-related myocarditis, immune-related hypothyroidism

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